While I was writing essay 1, I realized that I had procrastinated which led to me to kind of rushing the essay. I also learned that I wasn’t fully prepared when it came to giving examples from the primary and secondary sources which was the story and the overview of that story. I realized that I was so focused on talking about how the student didn’t write her essay in the format of the outline and that they didn’t have a thesis, but instead had a theme, that I wasn’t talking about the two stories and the thesis of what it should’ve been. I was mainly talking about structure and formatting the whole essay and in the body paragrpahs which I could’ve avoided. When I got my feedback, I also realized that my body paragraphs could’ve been more organized and informative so that’s something that will make me change how I approach future writing assignments.
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Amanda, I appreciate your candid response. In your case, I think you’re being a little hard on yourself. I suspect that you’re not alone when it comes to procrastination. The problem is that putting things off can lead to stress, and it’s hard to write (or think clearly) when you’re stressed out. One traditional way to keep your paragraphs organized is to start each one with a topic sentence. This is an old ENG 101 rule. Start each paragraph with a clear sentence that tells what the specific paragraph is going to focus on.